The Johnny Depp Box Office Weird-O-Meter

  • IndiaGlitz, [Monday,May 14 2012]

Although Johnny Depp is one of Hollywood's biggest stars, his road to leading man material wasn't painted with gold. He found his groove over the last thirty years, with a combination of critically-praised hits, modest successes and movies you only remember while scrolling through his filmography. Today, he's a certifiable box office draw — but the man is not without his element.

Depp's weird factor is a defining asset to his career. Really, would any studio hand over millions of bucks to adapt a '60s era melodrama like Dark Shadows to screen without an anchor like Depp? Not without a producer employing vampiric hypnotism, that's for sure.

So how much as Depp's oddness influenced his box office numbers? For that, we turn to the highly scientificWeird-o-Meter:

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